Sighting in Joigny, March 30, 2009
Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Sighting on March 30, 2009 in Joigny (Yonne, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably a meteor or fireball (class B).
What happened
At 5:10 p.m., a family was travelling by car when they noticed a luminous phenomenon crossing the sky quickly and silently. It followed a straight path. It was egg-shaped, light green and very bright, and left a silvery trail behind it. It then vanished suddenly.
GEIPAN noted that these features match those of a bolide, meaning a meteoroid entering the atmosphere. No other witness accounts were gathered, so this hypothesis could not be confirmed with certainty. The case was therefore classified B: a probable bolide sighting, most likely caused by a meteoroid (meteorite) entering the atmosphere.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- March 30, 2009
- Location
- Joigny · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Meteors and fireballs
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2009-03-02448
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.